In this Vera Illuminates episode, I talk with a highly sensitive man who struggles with an aggressive neighbour. He wants to stay open and compassionate, yet his body tightens every time the neighbour starts drinking or shouting. Together, we explore what happens inside him — the energetic impact, the contraction, and how to find inner stability without closing the heart. You’ll witness how sensitivity, awareness and grounded presence can transform even intense encounters. Want to be a gues...
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In this Vera Illuminates episode, I talk with a highly sensitive man who struggles with an aggressive neighbour. He wants to stay open and compassionate, yet his body tightens every time the neighbour starts drinking or shouting. Together, we explore what happens inside him — the energetic impact, the contraction, and how to find inner stability without closing the heart. You’ll witness how sensitivity, awareness and grounded presence can transform even intense encounters. Want to be a gues...
How I Stayed Out of Trauma — Even When Asked to Do the Unthinkable
Vera Illuminates
9 minutes
3 weeks ago
How I Stayed Out of Trauma — Even When Asked to Do the Unthinkable
Sometimes, life confronts us with something so intense that it pulls us right into trauma, fear takes over, emotions overwhelm, and we lose our sense of presence. In this teaching, I share a deeply personal moment from my father’s sickbed, when I was asked to do the unthinkable… and what helped me stay conscious instead of collapsing into trauma. This video isn’t about avoiding pain — it’s about staying conscious enough to keep pain from becoming trauma. It’s about remembering yourself insi...
Vera Illuminates
In this Vera Illuminates episode, I talk with a highly sensitive man who struggles with an aggressive neighbour. He wants to stay open and compassionate, yet his body tightens every time the neighbour starts drinking or shouting. Together, we explore what happens inside him — the energetic impact, the contraction, and how to find inner stability without closing the heart. You’ll witness how sensitivity, awareness and grounded presence can transform even intense encounters. Want to be a gues...
